Kenneth Richardson, Plaintiff-Appellee/cross-Appellant v. United States of America, Defendant-Appellant/cross-Appellee. Norman J. Trapp v. United States

841 F.2d 993 Kenneth RICHARDSON, Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee. Norman J. TRAPP, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellant. Nos. 86-4095, 86-4119 and 86-4106. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Jan. 6, 1988. Decided March 14, 1988. Frank A. Wilson, Assistant U.S. Atty., Spokane, Wash., and Robert L. Jones, Attorney-Advisor, Bonneville Power Administration, for defendant-appellant. David E. Williams, Critchlow & Williams, Richland, Wash., for plaintiff-appellee Richardson. Gregg L. Tinker and Nicholas Wagner, Longfelder, Tinker, Kidman & Flora, Seattle, Wash., for plaintiff-appellee Trapp. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington. Before WRIGHT, ALARCON, and POOLE, Circuit Judges. POOLE, Circuit Judge: 1 These Federal Tort Claims Act cases arise out of an accident in which plaintiffs were severely burned by electricity from power lines owned and operated by the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), a federal agency. In a prior appeal, this Court reversed a judgment in favor of the government, holding…